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Letters Patent No. 68,727, dated September 10, 1867. i

FOUNTAIN PEN-HOLDER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

:Br it known that I, PETER GABRIEL, of Seymour, Ain the county-ot' New Haren, and Stteof Connecticut, have invented :t new and improved Fountain Per-IHOIder, and that the following description, taken in eoinecton with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms n full and exect Yspecificationk of the suine, wherein I have set forth thc nature and principles of my said improvements, 'by which invention muy he distinguished from :ill others of u. similar class, together with such parts us I claim und desire to here secured to ine hy Letters Patent. p i i.

'lhe improvements in Fountain pen-holders embraced in the present inircntion consist, first, in constructing the pen-helder in such n inzmner that if its end holding the pen he dipped or inserted in the ink, with the oppo site or upper end of the holder in the monti/the ink een he sucked `or drown up into the body of the holder,

which is mede hollow therefor, and withoutdnnger of the'inlt coming in Contact with or heingdrawn into the mouth; und second, this invention consists in u novel construction of the holder u-t theend nt whichthe pen is `inserted, whereby the flow or supply of ink to the pen from within the holder can he entirely stopped, und also.

regulated and adjusted :it pleasure und according to the quantity which muy he necessary for this `or thu-t Writer who muy be using the pen, und to such n degree of nicety as to obviute :tll'possihility of blotting thepaper from n too large quantity of inl; upon the pen. In the accompanying pleter of drawings my iinproved fountain penholder is illustrnted' A i Figure l being c control section through the pen-holder in the direction of its length, Figure 2 e cross-section inthe plane of the line :1; ag'iig. 3, and

Figure 3 a. detail und side View of thzttportion of the pen-holder` which receives the pen, and is lnorided` with n. rulve for regulating the supply of ink thereto.

A, in the dra-wings, represents thchody portion of the holder for the pen, whiehholidr `isiinadehollowf i 'ts centre, is bored out or provided with e.l passage, a, und at its'other is closed by a; stopper, C, lof novel construe:

i'roin end to end, or of n. tube shape.Y This holder A, at one end, is rstopped. by a. screw-oep, B, which, "i

tion, ns will be new described. This stopper C is mede in three ports or sections, I), E, und F, the one, D, con` stitnting the mein or principal portieri of the plug, the other, E, :t coller surrounding n portion of` the plug within the holder-euse A., l)otwecnshoulde1s und o of which plug it is confined or held; :ind the other,` F, or

the lust, :t screw-plug or stopper that is Anirrztnged to screw into the open end G of the stopper, from which it projects by :t delivery or discharge spout, II, to 'und over the inside of the pen, along the length of which it extends for u. su'lllcient distance to properly conduct und discharge or deliver the ink to the'pcn from the case or holder A, as will he hereinafter speciied. e, :t passage along theedgeor sido of the inner` end to the stopper` C D, und il a, similar passage inside of collar 'E to such stopper, that, when the collar is 4properly adjusted therefor, forms o continuation of the said passage e on the side ci' the plug. .The passage d, at its lower end,

opens into c passage, down through the plug D, which, at its lower end, `opens into the chumher I within 1 the plug C I), at the inner end to the plug F screwed therein, between which ehnmhernnd the pen communiczt- 'i tion is had by the pnssnge y extending through the projecting end or spout to the scid plugl?. `The coller E, hereinhefore referred to, is loose upon the plug 0,50 that it cnn he turned thereon or the plugi turned 1n 1t, and thus the communication through the passages opened or out oil, as the case muy he. As the `plug,rct` its `end where the passages nre formed, is encased within the tuhe or onse A, the iuhr'rom such cuse flows through the said pussnges if'. opened, und thence through the chamber and passage to the pen for` being used or written with it; and es the communicating passages with the ink-tuhe or cti-se can be eut oil` byiproperly turningl the coller und plug upon euch other, it is obvious the suppl",r or ilow of ink through to the pen is susceptible of regulation to the quantity desired. For indicating when the passa-ges through the plug C, D, und E, forming the conv,

xnunieution between thev ink-tulle and the chamber to such plug, are 1u' u corresponding position, points Z are employed upon the collar, und outside ofl the plug, ait such points that when opposite to each other the passages are in communication. The writing pen, which muy be mede of gold, steel, or other suitahle metall or material, is inserted in the screw-plug :it the proper side to correspond with the discharge spout thereof; es in all fountain i pens. Within the t-uho or easing A. is arranged u float, M, which, upon its upper side, iskmede et' a conical, p

shape, so as to nicely t Within and against the conical-shaped sent upon the inner end to the screw-oop to the fountein-tnbe orfcase A; this lont being employed es and for a. purpose as will be hereinafter stated.

To ll a fountain pen-holder of the formnnd construction hereinabove described, the passages through the plug C D E are first opened, when, inserting thev end of' the holder which receives the pen in the ink, place the other end of the holder in the'mouth and draw and exhaust the air out of the holder, which causes a suction or 'drawing up of the ink into the tubo, which, ns it esconde therein, forces or ce1-ries np the float until, coming to a. rest ogziiinst the inner end ofthe cap to the tube7 it closes the same, and the inkiis retained in the tube A by shutting 0E or closing the passages in its plug@ D, -herenbef'ore referredto, sutloiently therefor, when, to use' it, it is only neoessaryto open such passages in the manner heieinbeforo explained. By the use of the float the ink is prevented, as it is sucked or drawn up thro-ugh the tube, from entering the mouth, thus avoiding all possibility of offence in that respect.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent.-

1. The ont M, constructed as described, .sliding nearly the entire length ofthe ease A' and arranged in vrelation with the plug B as herein set forth for the'purpose specied.

2. The construction of the stopper O D E, substantially as herein described, and so as to be used for the purpose and so he susceptible of the adjustments herein specified.

` PETER GABRIEL.

` Witnesses:

J. J. ZURonEN, THoMAs SHARPE. 

